Set 7937 Train Station and a Very Old MOC

Well, the sorting is coming along. I've gotten through the yellow brick sorting and have moved on to white. After white I will still have blue, the rest of the black, the greys, and a bunch of random colors I don't  have a lot of. I recently decided to go public with my humble little amateur blog on some Facebook LEGO groups and within minutes of doing so, I found out that Lego does not like people using the word Lego in their domain names, which had a domain that pointed to the blog. LifeLibertyLego.com. At first I didn't think they were serious but then was directed to to LEGO's fair use play policy and saw it. Well, being that I love Lego and am loyal to the point of not even wanting to buy LEGO wannabe brands and some encouragement from other AFOLs, it seemed like the right thing to do was to change my web address and blog name whether I got caught or not. It's not as cool of a name but it will do. I hope to get a new domain name soon but to get the one I want is going to be a little more expensive than getting my old domain was.

This most recent set that I am showcasing, Set 7937 Train Station, I actually bought in February not long after my birthday, I found a good price for it at Toys R Us.com and knew it was being retired soon so I wanted to snatch it up.

Throughout the course of me showcasing sets and things, you will find that I have certain obsessions with certain types of sets and a couple of these obsessions were part of the draw for this particular set for me, but probably the biggest draw for me was the staircase bridge of this particular set.

Awesome staircase and bridge over the tracks!

Outside of train related LEGO sets being obsession that I have not indulged in a lot, I have a huge obsession with LEGO taxi cabs and as far as I know, there haven't been a lot of them, except a couple I've seen in a few idea books from the 80s. So, as soon as I saw this set had a taxi, it was a must have for me. 

The set features a wonderful cast of minifigures to accompany the set. Admittedly this one particular minifigure stuck out to me. I think it was the glasses. That particular glasses face is one of my favorite face designs.

Conductor, Taxi Driver, and Travelers

And of course many other great features necessary for a good train station.

Need a ticket to ride!

Catch up on some news while you wait

A snack for the trip?

In other news, I actually found my only photographed MOC that I built 10 years ago back in the days when 3 megapixel cameras were like $300. I bought one for that price and for the purpose of photography Lego sets. But I didn't do much with it except this. It's a cute little Cafe / Coffee Shop that I definitely will rebuild as soon as I can. Pretty basic but I really like it. I have a fondness for the more basic and simpler times of Lego though I still enjoy a good amount of what is available today. 

Lastly, I have my latest acquisitions from Bricklink and Amazon recently. I think they'll add a lot and be useful. The idea book is actually one that my brother has but I really wanted my own so I could use the stickers included with it and I actually found it with its stickers intact for only $10. Along with that order I got a cute looking cowboy minifigure. The others are pretty obvious. Two newer vehicles and then a retired Hot Dog stand mini set, will be showcased in the future. Anyway, Happy Building!!!!

Set 6380 Emergency Treatment Center - 1987

I finally got one of my classic Lego sets from my childhood put together and it was one of my favorites: Set 6380 Emergency Treatment Center from 1987. It's a great little set and provides ample medical support to your classic Lego set up and story.

Classic smiling minifigures included that provide a perfect array of support. Doctor, Father, Daughter, Ambulance Driver, and Nurse.

Patient in the back of the ambulance.

Hurry! Get him inside to the doctor!

Dealing with the insurance..hope this is covered!

Water while you wait?

Time to operate!!!!!

Visiting hours!

Happy Building!!!!!

Set 31025 Lego Creator Mountain Hut 2014

So, I just finished putting together my newest set for 2014. I  had gone to Target to get a different set but didn't find it, but this was in its place and it was one I was very excited about when I got the new catalog in December. It reminds me of one of my favorite sets of all time, one that I only got a hold of early this last year, Set 6552-1 Rocky River Retreat. Both sets will be perfect for a planned mountain and forest area in the set up that I will be working on.

Two newer elements (new to me, I don't have any other sets they may have been in) caught my eye as I was putting this together. The 1x2 with brick detail and the flat 2x2 with the cool picture.

1 x 2 with brick detail. I'd love to have these in red.

Cool picture!

It was a relatively quck assembly with easy instructions. One thing I noticed in current building instructions, at least for the Creator line, is they show better what pieces in each step are needed rather than 80s-00s you had to be pretty observant sometimes to see what new had been added in each step. I've noticed that most building sets now tend to have either removable roofs, or the buildings are built full around with a separation in the wall of the building to reach the inside. This is quite different from most earlier sets that had an open back. I haven't quite decided which design I prefer and will use moving forward when I start working on my own creations.

I love the design detail and I'm always amazed at the ways both Lego employed and independent designers on throughout Lego fandom come up with

Logs by the fireplace

Lantern and dresser.

All in all I really like this set. It was fun to build and will add greatly to my set up.